Science in third grade explores matter, energy, simple machines, and plant and animal adaptations.
By the end of the school year, all students should be able to:
Describe and compare the physical properties of different kinds of matter. For example, consider size, shape, mass or weight, volume, flexibility, color, texture, hardness, and odor.
Observe, identify, and describe different forms of energy, such as sound, heat, and chemical energy.
Describe how humans transform energy from one form to another and how they use these transformations. For example, describe how people transform heat energy to light for their homes in lightbulbs or transform electrical energy into sound by using radios.
Observe and describe how heat is conducted. Describe ways heat can be transferred from one place to another, for example, by blowing warm air or putting a warm object next to a cooler one.
Observe and describe how applying force, either directly or through simple machines such as levers or pulleys, may cause changes in motion.
Observe and describe how friction affects the motion of an object, for example, how adding friction causes an object to move more slowly or change direction.
Observe and describe how pushing or pulling can change the position of an object or the direction in which it is moving.
Describe how all living things grow, breathe, reproduce, obtain nutrition, and eliminate waste.
Describe how plants and animals must adapt to their environments to survive. For example, the fur of some animals becomes heavier in places where winters are colder.
Collect, organize, and interpret information and data about objects and events.
Learning at Home
Together, visit parks and playgrounds near your home. Examine different surfaces and discuss which have more friction and which have less. How does friction affect various sports, such as hockey or golf?
Help your child create a “quiet zone” in your home for personal reading and study. Use the Internet to explore which materials and surfaces keep things quieter by absorbing sound waves.
Challenge your children to find all the ways heat is transferred from one item or place to another in your home. Hint: Have them hold an ice cube in their hands.
With your child, visit the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, www.nybg.org, or observe the plants in a New York City park or playground. Investigate what kinds of plants survive best in New York City.
Third Grade Science
SOUND
-Sound as Energy
-Sound as Vibration
-Sound and Properties
BUOYANCY-Density
-Capacity and Measurement
-Volume
-Displacement
-Properties
SYSTEMS
-Simple Machines
~lever
~pulley
~ramp
~wedge
~inclined plane
-Gravity
-Energy
-Force
-Magnetism
**WATER AND WATER CYCLE**-Cloud Formation
-Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation
-Life Cycle
-Metamorphosis
-Classification
-Population
-Migration
-Food Chain
-Food Web
-Predators and Prey
http://edteach.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/teachers/teachers.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html3-Earth Science-Moon
8 planets
http://www.extremescience.com/zoom/index.php/animal-kingdom
http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/kids/index.html
CA BOCES
Physical Science
Energy Forms and Interactions
Buoyancy
Life Science
Butterflies and Moths
Schoolyard Studies
Science in third grade explores matter, energy, simple machines, and plant and animal adaptations.
By the end of the school year, all students should be able to:
Learning at Home
Together, visit parks and playgrounds near your home. Examine different surfaces and discuss which have more friction and which have less. How does friction affect various sports, such as hockey or golf?
Help your child create a “quiet zone” in your home for personal reading and study. Use the Internet to explore which materials and surfaces keep things quieter by absorbing sound waves.
Challenge your children to find all the ways heat is transferred from one item or place to another in your home. Hint: Have them hold an ice cube in their hands.
With your child, visit the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, www.nybg.org, or observe the plants in a New York City park or playground. Investigate what kinds of plants survive best in New York City.